I'm on 18, but I have had to turn it up to 19 at the weekend if I have been at home for lengthy periods. I have noticed that 18 with the radiators on feels warmer than 19 without them on, as you get … (View Post)

It is odd how you perceive temperature. I have started wearing bedsocks, my circulation no longer seems as good as it used to be, but if I go to bed with cold feet I never seem to warm up. And if it … (View Post)

I used to be on 21 but a couple of years ago when fuel prices went up I slowly reduced the temperature by half a degree at a time to work out what I could cope with. If it's too warm to wear a jumper… (View Post)

That's not entirely true, the Pension Credit level is quite a bit lower than the State Pension, and it's a hard cutoff so being a pound over it sees you lose the full value of the WFA. They would hav… (View Post)

Increase the number of council tax bands so that wealthy people pay it proportionately to the value of their home Tax capital gains, dividends etc the same way as income. (I don't buy the double taxa… (View Post)